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§4952 Purposes

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART V— - ACQUISITION › Subpart Subpart I— - Defense Industrial Base › Chapter CHAPTER 388— - PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM › § 4952

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Increase DoD support and funding for eligible groups that provide procurement help to businesses; pay startup and operating costs; and promote innovation and a more diverse, expanded defense industrial base.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §4952

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The purposes of the program authorized by this chapter are—
(1)to increase assistance by the Department of Defense to eligible entities furnishing procurement technical assistance to business entities;
(2)to assist eligible entities in the payment of the costs of establishing and carrying out new procurement technical assistance programs and maintaining existing procurement technical assistance programs; and
(3)to foster innovation for the defense industrial base and to diversify and expand the defense industrial base.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of section 2412 of this title, which was transferred to this section by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(3), was based on Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1241(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2605; Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 919(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 692. Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(24), (m)(2)(A), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2135, 2144, amended Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(5), which had originally transferred section 2413 of this title to this section and made an amendment in the text. After amendment by Pub. L. 117–81, section 1872(a)(5) of Pub. L. 116–283 instead transferred section 2413 to section 4954 of this title and consequently amended the text of that section.

Amendments

2025—Par. (3). Pub. L. 119–60 added par. (3). 2021—Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(m)(3), which directed amendment of section “1872(a)(B)” of Pub. L. 116–283, was executed as if it had referred to section “1872(a)(1)(B)” of Pub. L. 116–283, which enacted this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(3), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(m)(1)(B), transferred the text of section 2412 of this title to this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and

Effective Date

note below.

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 4952

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73